daddy (and mommy) issues

Oh the drama!  Grey's continues its streak of good episodes leading up to the season finale!

The storyline of the little kid who shot her father 17 times was kind of crazy.  It's possible that I missed a little piece due to the craziness going on inside my head this morning, but other than the cut on the kid's cheek and the shifty looks the mom was giving, was there another moment where they determined that the dad was abusive?  Or was it that they just put the pieces together when the little girl said, "I shot him lots of times!  Why don't he die?"  And really?  Is it necessary for the kid to say 'why don't he die?'  The mother spoke perfectly well, why did the daughter have to seem completely ignorant?  I know she's young, but you better believe my mother would never have let me get away with saying that, even at the age of 4.  That bothered me more than it probably should have.

Lexie was pretty cute when she wanted Mark to show up to meet her dad at dinner, and he was even cuter when he actually showed up.  I am really noticing how good Chyler Leigh's hair is now that they're only showing her in close-up due to the pregnancy.

I'm glad Callie decided not to cave and lie to her family, and I like that Dr. Robbins assured her that even if she did, she would understand and still like her.  Good for Dr. Robbins, good for Callie, good good.  I liked how the sister of the girl who got bulldozed out of a tree finally came around and filed a $10M lawsuit against the company that did it and said, 'when we win, the check is being made out to KAREN.'



Izzie's mom was just exactly what I imagined she would be.  Crazy and trailer park-y and hilarious.  It was a good job of showing how that relationship probably was for most of Izzie's life...the mom being wild and crazy and very emotional and needy and Izzie having to take care of her.  It also makes you see why she left home and doesn't see her mom much.  I liked the line, "I love you, Mom, I do.  But we do a lot better loving each other from far away."


Alex was adorable helping her with tasting the wedding food before she went into surgery and I loved his descriptions of the taste.  The shrimp was like their first date before he screwed it up, the chicken was like driving to the beach with the windows down, etc.  All good things.


Christina and Owen continue to tug at my heart strings.  I felt really bad for her the whole time he was using her as his errand runner in the OR because I know how frustrating that's got to be for someone as talented as she is to be in that role.  But I also see it from his perspective, he knows that George is a good trauma surgeon and he wants to give him all the practice he can get.  It will benefit George more, he's just being a good teacher.  The scene in the parking lot was amazing, I love it every time Sandra Oh cries.  She's so good!  "TAKE CARE NOW?!?!  WHAT IS THAT?!!"  Well, turns out it's really sweet, is what it is.


I am once again loving everything about Meredith these days.  The blank and detached look she gave to Thatcher during his whole apology, the fiery speech she gave to the mother of the kid, and the less fiery speech she gave to the mother of the kid, and the yelling at the Chief, and the talk with Derek telling him the Chief wasn't invited, and then the heart to heart with the Chief in the lounge, and the head on the shoulder, and the packing up of the journals, and the relenting on the inviting of the Chief.  So many good things!  The part between her and the Chieft at the end though, that was my favorite.  Because he's not her dad and she has a lot of really legitimate beef with him, but the thing is he really is more like her dad than Thatcher.  Especially if you think back to the beginning of the show before she knew about his affair with her mother...he was just an old friend of the family, she really liked and respected him, and he obviously thought highly of her, and it was just so sweet when they sort of half hugged after he apologized to her.  The two of them have a really good dynamic together, and I hope it continues.

So next week is the big wedding episode!  I can't wait!  Take care now!